1 Thessalonians 5:2

Authorized King James Version (1611)

For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

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  • 2 Pet 3:10 : 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
  • Rev 16:15 : 15 ‹Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed› [is] he that watcheth, ‹and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.›
  • Rev 3:3 : 3 ‹Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.›
  • Matt 24:42-44 : 42 ‹Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.› 43 ‹But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.› 44 ‹Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.›
  • Luke 12:39-40 : 39 ‹And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.› 40 ‹Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.›
  • Matt 25:13 : 13 ‹Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.›
  • Mark 13:34-35 : 34 [For the Son of man is] ‹as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.› 35 ‹Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:›
  • Jer 23:20 : 20 The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly.

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    3For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

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